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The student-led Economics Reading Group in Stephen F. Austin State University’s Rusche College of Business is hosting a discussion on entrepreneurship with Kevin Carr, a 1992 SFA finance graduate and owner of Community Beer Co. in Dallas, at 6 p.m. Nov. 7 in the McGee Business Building, Room 133, on the SFA campus. The event is free and open to the public.

Also sponsored by SFA’s Arnold Center for Entrepreneurship and Career Success Passport Program, the discussion is part of a series of interviews the Economics Reading Group has conducted with entrepreneurs throughout the semester while reading “Roadside MBA,” a book written by three leading business school professors who travel across the country to learn insights from small business owners.

“It is a rare treat for our students to interact with a successful entrepreneur,” said Dr. Ryan Phelps, associate professor of economics and finance at SFA as well as faculty advisor for the Economics Reading Group. “By definition, their time is so valuable that they can be difficult to pin down. Kevin brings a wealth of knowledge and experience after more than 25 years of business ownership spanning five different companies.”

Carr established the award-winning craft beer brewery in 2011 after traveling the country as the owner of a software company. With the slogan, “Beer for the Greater Good!” the brewery sponsors several events to give back to the North Texas community.

“I named the brewery ‘Community’ based on the impact our business can have on the public,” Carr said. “Beer can bring people together — whether at a backyard party or in our taproom and biergarten. We come full circle when we use our platform to help give back to the communities in which we do business.”

He’s also coming full circle to help SFA’s business students.

“I am honored to have an opportunity to give back to my alma mater,” Carr said. “Stephen F. Austin State University and the Rusche College of Business gave me the fundamental education needed to enable me to seek out my own business opportunities.”

For more information, email Phelps at phelpsrt@sfasu.edu.

ABOUT STEPHEN F. AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY

Stephen F. Austin State University, the newest member of The University of Texas System, began a century ago as a teachers’ college in Texas’ oldest town, Nacogdoches. Today, it has grown into a regional institution comprising six colleges — business, education, fine arts, forestry and agriculture, liberal and applied arts, and sciences and mathematics. Accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, SFA enrolls approximately 11,000 students while providing the academic breadth of a state university with the personalized attention of a private school. The main campus encompasses 421 acres that include 37 academic facilities, nine residence halls, and 68 acres of recreational trails that wind through its six gardens. The university offers more than 80 bachelor’s degrees, more than 40 master’s degrees and four doctoral degrees covering more than 120 areas of study. Learn more at sfasu.edu.

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The Teresa Jill Adams Art Gallery in the Griffith Fine Arts Building, Stephen F. Austin State University campus, currently features a collection of works by ceramicist Piero Fenci. The exhibition features a combination of ceramics and ink drawings on paper. These works will be on view through Nov. 3 with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27.

Fenci recently retired from active classroom teaching in the SFA School of Art and was promoted to professor emeritus. Joining SFA in 1975, Fenci has distinguished himself as an artist and educator, with his works being featured in American Ceramics, Clay and Glazes for the Potter and Ceramics Monthly publications.

Fenci has earned an international reputation as an artist, and he has exhibited his work in Italy, Russia and Mexico. Fenci was named “Texas Master” by the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, becoming the fourth person in the state to be honored with the award. Fenci’s work has been collected in private and public collections, including the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler; and the Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art, Alfred, New York.

The reception, which is free and open to the public, will be held immediately prior to the premiere of the School of Art filmmaking program’s summer feature film “CUT!” Written, directed and starring Brad Maule, filmmaking professor at SFA, and guest directed by new filmmaking faculty member and SFA alumnus Derek Wayne Johnson, “CUT!” shows at 7 p.m. in Turner Auditorium, Griffith Fine Arts Building.

Griffith Fine Arts Building is located at 2222 Alumni Drive. For information about the School of Art, call (936) 468-4804.

The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art and the Friends of the Visual Arts will present a free, one-night screening of “John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs,” directed by filmmaker and SFA alumnus Derek Wayne Johnson, at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3, at The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House.

Featuring interviews and footage of filmmaker Martin Scorsese along with Matthew McConaughey, Sylvester Stallone, Ralph Macchio and scores of other Hollywood hitmakers who starred in Avildsen’s films, the documentary is an examination of the Oscar-winning director who brought to life some of cinema’s most beloved motion pictures.

Avildsen’s films have inspired millions of ‘underdogs’ and shaped popular culture for decades, yet most people don’t even know his name. Discover the unknown legend behind “Rocky” and “The Karate Kid” in this official biography about a prolific filmmaker who directed seven actors to Academy Award nominations and earned his own Oscar for Best Director, according to IMDb.

Johnson will be available for a question-and-answer session following the film screening. Johnson is originally from Carthage and recently joined the SFA School of Art as an assistant professor of filmmaking.

The School of Art’s Friday Night Film Series is sponsored in part by filmmaking Professor William Arscott. The Cole Art Center, SFA’s historic downtown gallery, is located at 329 E. Main St. For more information, call (936) 468-1131.